painful

"It's very painful, your muscles are constantly working," said Ms Hastings.

For a company that made a £2.5bn profit in the last financial year, and which is owned by the Indian giant Tata Group, the losses should be painful but not fatal.

There was certainly no chance of Newcastle underestimating Union as the visitors looked to bounce back from the weekend's painful defeat against Arsenal.

That lack of accountability, that lack of vulnerability, that denial is something we all have seen when someone’s going through something really painful.

"I used to have heavy and painful periods. I'd have to go home from school because of it," she said.